Month: October 2018

One Year Later

Darren Drake, a 32-year-old project manager for Moody’s Analytics, was one of eight people murdered one year ago today, when a rented truck began running people down on the West Street bicycle and pedestrian path. Mr. Drake was riding his bicycle between meetings along the Tribeca section of the path when he was struck by...
Darren Drake, who worked in Lower Manhattan, was killed one year ago today in the terrorist attack on West Street.

Calendar

6 to 7:30PM Formaggio & Vino Eataly Cheese and wine tasting class with Eataly’s experts. $55. World Trade Center. www.eataly.com 6:15PM Battery Park Book Club New York Public Library Join the Battery Park Book Club for a lively discussion of a great book. This month’s book is “On Chesil Beach”, by Ian McEwan. free. Battery...

October 30

637 – Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge. 1270 – The Eighth Crusade ends by an agreement between Charles I of Anjou and the Hafsid dynasty of Tunis, Tunisia. 1806 – Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders...
Bosphorus Bridge Opening Day

Is Times Square Leaking?

In its three short weeks in New York Harbor, a digital advertising boat has received a lot of attention, but not the kind its clients are paying for. The boat belongs to Ballyhoo Media, which has one catamaran with a large digital billboard that roams up and down the Hudson and East Rivers for about ten...
Ballyhoo Media's digital advertising catamaran in front of the Statue of Liberty

Today in History October 29

539 BC – Cyrus the Great entered the capital of Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to their land. 1390 – First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people. 1618 – English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England. 1675...
The I and II squadrons of the German High Seas Fleet in Kiel Bay

TODAY’S CALENDAR October 30

6 to 7:30PM Formaggio & Vino Eataly Cheese and wine tasting class with Eataly’s experts. $55. World Trade Center. www.eataly.com 6:15PM Battery Park Book Club New York Public Library Join the Battery Park Book Club for a lively discussion of a great book. This month’s book is “On Chesil Beach”, by Ian McEwan. free. Battery...